this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines at 5pm... bp reports its highest quarterly profits in m years, of £6.9 billion — as household energy bills soar. us presidentjoe biden confirms the head of al qaeda, it is frightening because there are things you can't get around and you can't change. us presidentjoe biden confirms the head of al qaeda, ayman al zawaa—hiri, has been killed by a drone strike in kabul. us house speaker nancy pelosi touches down in taiwan the parents of archie battersbee lose their supreme court bid to delay the removal of his life support. us house speaker nancy pelosi touches down in taiwan

despite a chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. hello, welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion pounds in profit — three times the figure for the same period last year. the company said its oil trading performance was exceptional, and that it expects to pay more than a billion pounds in uk tax this year. the profits come as domestic energy bills are predicted to hit more

than £3,500 a year this winter. our business correspondent, caroline davies, reports. from fuel to cooking, lighting to showers — rising energy prices bite into household budgets. but the same high oil and gas prices that mean consumers are paying more means that energy companies are also making more money. today, bp announced it has made its second—ever highest underlying profit in a three—month period — £6.9 billion, more than triple the amount it made at the same time last year. the company says it will invest in the uk, including in energy transition, and pay more tax. when prices are higher, rightly so, we pay higher taxes and now we have an energy profits levy which means we will pay even more taxes on top of what we had already planned, and that is what we will do. bp estimates it will pay £1 billion of tax compared to £100 million last year,

but the high profits sit uneasily as many, like mother—of—two ruth face the prospect of energy bills rising again this year. i mean, it isjust frightening, really, because it's such a huge amount of money and you can't get round it. we have to put the heating on, we have put the lights on, maybe we won't have the heating on as much, maybe we will have to put extra jumpers on, but there are some things you can't change and you can't stop. i still have to wash the clothes. so it is going to be a challenging winter, i think, for everybody. in april last year, the energy price cap increased from just over £1000 to £1138. within a year, the price cap had risen to its current level of £1971. but energy analysts cornwall insight think it will go even higher — to more than £3358 this october, a rise of more than 70%.

and these prices are expected to continue, potentially reaching as much as £3729 by this time next year. there are fears that as the prices rise, the situation could become more desperate for some families. the amount going up quite significantly through the heating season, we will see people turn to really desperate measures to stay warm, whether that is going to public spaces like libraries or on the bus just to get that warmth or doing much more dangerous things like lighting open fires in homes, which could lead to really catastrophic consequences. and it's not clear when prices might ease. analysts have predicted they are likely to stay high into 202a. caroline davies, bbc news. well, we can speak now to richard hunter, who's head of markets at the online investments firm, interactive investor. richard, hello. that evening to you.

huge, huge profits. very difficult for customers watching their energy bills rise. can we try to unpick it a little bit, because it wasn't that long ago, i think i'm right in saying, that bp was far from in profit. explain the context, we are just talking about one quarter's figures here, aren't we? absolutely. you are quite _ figures here, aren't we? absolutely. you are quite right. _ figures here, aren't we? absolutely. you are quite right. around - figures here, aren't we? absolutely. you are quite right. around that - you are quite right. around that time of the pandemic, we had a situation where they were indeed losing money hand overfist. we rate remember that the oil price went negative for a time, and of course what the companies themselves would say is at that stage they didn't approach any government for bailout, they basically traded their way through, for example, cutting its dividend for the first time since the second world war. even in terms of this year, again, you are right. a very healthy quarterly profit of nearly £7 billion, but if you look at the first half as a whole, not

what bp has also had to do is to make an allowance or write off £20 billion as a result of its decision to exit its russian steak. so, and a half yearly basis, the figures from a company point of view are significantly less rosy. that is interesting. _ significantly less rosy. that is interesting, that _ significantly less rosy. that is interesting, that is _ significantly less rosy. that is interesting, that is the - significantly less rosy. that is i interesting, that is the context, all of that said, you are showing that there are peaks and troughs here. all of that said, if somebody is also listening to today's news and they had at the annual bell to be 3600 by the new year, to say that thatis be 3600 by the new year, to say that that is galling is putting it mildly. now, how do we get some kind of balance here?— of balance here? well, it's an extremely — of balance here? well, it's an extremely difficult _ of balance here? well, it's an extremely difficult situation. l extremely difficult situation. 0bviously extremely difficult situation. obviously the cost of living crisis is becoming more pervasive. i think it's fair to say that it would be a strange precedent if the government were to start taxing companies, any

companies retrospectively because they are making it particularly strong profits, and as we just heard, not only is it likely to pay any tax this year, but there is actually an additional surcharge the government has levied as ofjuly and it snorts the operations for which it snorts the operations for which it has made the provision of around £650 million. so, clearly, in terms of the fact that with profits, with high profits, high taxes. however grilling that may seem. i5 high profits, high taxes. however grilling that may seem.— high profits, high taxes. however grilling that may seem. is there any reputational — grilling that may seem. is there any reputational damage _ grilling that may seem. is there any reputational damage with _ grilling that may seem. is there any reputational damage with these - grilling that may seem. is there any| reputational damage with these sort of profits? it's not the only company making big profits. we heard shall last week. what goes through people's mines when they go to fill up people's mines when they go to fill up their car at the pump? they don't have many options as to where they can shop around for petra. i appreciate it's notjust about petrol, but to take my point in terms of the consumer. do you

company had sit around and scratch their heads about how can we invest wisely and say that we are putting these profits to good use and we are using them for investments, all of those sort of issues.— using them for investments, all of those sort of issues. absolutely. we are talkin: those sort of issues. absolutely. we are talking initially _ those sort of issues. absolutely. we are talking initially care _ those sort of issues. absolutely. we are talking initially care about - those sort of issues. absolutely. we are talking initially care about one . are talking initially care about one quarter's figures. three months out of one year, and that is part of what will be a multi—decade strategy, already, notjust in the uk, but within the us as well are spending tens of billions of dollars on further investment in renewable energy. this isn't going to happen overnight, that is indeed a lot of the renewable energy out there are either unproven or simply not a viable, but that particular part of their strategy, which, as i say is not an overnight time i will be accelerated at great cost. while it may seem today that these profits are out of the ordinary in terms of the longer term picture, the oil companies are well aware of the hoops that they are going to have to

jump through to get us to a more renewable future.— jump through to get us to a more renewable future. interesting. thank ou ve renewable future. interesting. thank you very much _ renewable future. interesting. thank you very much for — renewable future. interesting. thank you very much for now. _ renewable future. interesting. thank you very much for now. richard - you very much for now. richard hunter, head of markets at interactive investor. thank you. the leader of al-qaeda has been killed by an american drone strike, in the afghan capital kabul. ayman al—zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks of september 11th. us president biden, in a live televised address, said his death would help give closure to the families of the thousands of people killed on 9/11. 0ur correspondent, secunder kermani, reports from kabul. this is the family home where it's thought ayman al—zawahiri was living, and where, whilst standing on a balcony, american officials say he was killed by a missile fired by a drone. we can still hear debris being cleared up. but then we are told to stop filming. we are in the centre of the city.

the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away, but the taliban aren't allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there's nothing to see, one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us a little earlier on. senior taliban figures must have agreed to al-qaeda's leader living here, but they have insisted in public the group no longer exists in afghanistan, so his death poses difficult questions. zawahiri was a veteran militant figure, involved in planning the 9/11 attacks alongside 0sama bin laden. president biden was present in the command centre when he was killed more than a decade ago, but he has also been heavily criticised for overseeing last year's chaotic troop withdrawal from afghanistan. this is now a major victory.

the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. now, we, er, we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. unlike al-qaeda, the taliban have a national, not global, agenda. but they have been close allies of al-qaeda for years. recently, though, they have played down their links after promising not to allow foreign attacks to be planned on afghan soil. the taliban by hosting ayman al—zawahiri in downtown kabul have proven a lot of such assumptions wrong and made any kind of engagement for the united states government, in particular, but the international

community at large very, very difficult. al-qaeda is no longer the global threat it once was, but the killing of zawahiri will further deepen the distrust between the taliban and the west, as afghanistan continues to struggle amidst a deep economic crisis. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. joining me now is dr weeda mehran programme director of ma in conflict, security and development at the university of exeter. very good evening to you. how significant, first of all, is his death? how big, how important a figure was he?— death? how big, how important a fiaure was he? ~y ., figure was he? good evening. ayman al-zawahiri was _ figure was he? good evening. ayman al-zawahiri was an _ figure was he? good evening. ayman al-zawahiri was an important - figure was he? good evening. ayman al-zawahiri was an important figure l al—zawahiri was an important figure within al-qaeda, however, he was not as charismatic and a visionary leader as 0sama bin laden. he was a

steadfast steward of 0sama bin laden�*s g heidi legacy, and however, he did not opt to actually fundamentally changed al-qaeda in any manner. he reinforced 0sama bin laden�*s g heidi vision, which was based on the premises of setting in motion, spreading awareness and the different parts of the muslim world, which is essentially pointing to a decentralised approach to a global jihadi movement, not with 0sama bin laden as a charismatic leader, and later on he became more and more decentralised allowing for muslims around the world to actuallyjoin the movement and launch attacks. so in that regard, he was important, one of the important contributors and architects of decentralisation of the globaljihadi movement. the

of the globaljihadi movement. the fact that the _ of the globaljihadi movement. the fact that the americans have of the globaljihadi movement. the fact that the americans have managed to do this, a big operation, worked out where he was, this is a major surveillance operation and the fact that they have managed to strike successfully from their perspective, will that unsettle the movement? the fact that that was possible, even post—us withdrawal? and fact that that was possible, even post-us withdrawal?— post-us withdrawal? and will definitely have _ post-us withdrawal? and will definitely have some - post-us withdrawal? and will definitely have some impact i post-us withdrawal? and will i definitely have some impact on post-us withdrawal? and will - definitely have some impact on the movement. however, let's not forget that one of the visions of 0sama bin laden was to create an organisation that did not need a leader at the top in orderfor the organisation that did not need a leader at the top in order for the organisation to survive, and ayman al—zawahiri inherited that organisation and followed suit, kept a similar path, so it does impact on the organisation, but it always depends on who is going to be at successor. there are already successors, speculations about potential

successors to the organisation that could actually use this opportunity, use this attack on the leadership to solidify the organisation and bring in some organisational changes. {lita in some organisational changes. 0k, very interesting to hear your perspective. i am sorry we don't have longer. we appreciate your time. thank you forjoining us, programme director at the university of exeter, speaking to us from the states right now, very many thanks. remainder of this afternoon's headlines. bp reported its highest quarterly profits in 1a years as household energy bills are forecast to hit more than £3600 a year this winter. the parents of archie battersby lose their supreme court's attempt to delay the removal of his life support. the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, has touched down in

taiwan, despite the chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. let's talk more about one of those headline stories. within the last hour, the parents of archie battersbee have lost the latest stage of their legal battle to stop treatment being withdrawn from their critically ill son. they had asked the supreme court to consider an appeal against his doctors' decision to end the 12—year—old's life support — and assess whether more time should be given for a un committee to look at the case. archie's care had been due to end at midday today. then there was that last minute change to the supreme court. let's get the latest from our correspondent, matt cole, who is at the royal london hospital.

explained, very sadly, what this means. there has been so many legal challenges in this case. people watching might think that there be any more? so where does this leave the situation? in a any more? so where does this leave the situation?— the situation? in a very sad states, clearl , the situation? in a very sad states, clearly. for — the situation? in a very sad states, clearly, for archie's _ the situation? in a very sad states, clearly, for archie's parents - the situation? in a very sad states, clearly, for archie's parents who i clearly, for archie's parents who have been at the hospital behind me throughout today's events. archie himself has been here at the hospital since the 8th of april. that was the day after he had his accident in his south bend home, which doctor is described as having left him with a non—survivable catastrophic brain injury. following that can as you say, there have been a series of legal challenges, needing and the latest today. that was revolving, as you say, around a request for a united nations committee. it wants to examine this case and therefore had asked for a delay to the withdrawal of life—sustaining treatment. i supreme court's, threejustices life—sustaining treatment. i supreme court's, three justices have life—sustaining treatment. i supreme court's, threejustices have now

said today they believe the court of appeal that had rejected that un request had not heard its ruling. they say that a delay should not be imposed to the withdrawal of life—sustaining treatments, that is at the family had hoped would happen, a delay. thejustices say they support the decision that the un committee and the convention on the human, the rights of persons with disabilities, did not have power in uk like a therefore agreed no delay should be granted to the withdrawing of life support. now, the justices drew attention back to a previous ruling in one of those many other rounds of legal challenge in which it was stated that continuing life—saving treatment would protract archie's death, but it would not prolong his life. and throughout the judgment today, the judges, justices repeatedly referred to this being all about archie's best interest. archie's mother has

maintained throughout that she believes her sun just needs maintained throughout that she believes her sunjust needs more time to recover from what doctors say they believe is a nonrecoverable nonsurvival ball catastrophic injury. we understand she intends to keep fighting, but in terms of where their legal options go from now, a family friend did tell me earlier that if thisjudgment family friend did tell me earlier that if this judgment didn't go in their favour, that if this judgment didn't go in theirfavour, they would be consulting their legal advisers. there has been quite around now of legal challenges on each occasion the family has been unsuccessful in what they are seeking.— what they are seeking. thank you. max call, what they are seeking. thank you. max call. our— what they are seeking. thank you. max call, our correspondent - what they are seeking. thank you. max call, our correspondent there | what they are seeking. thank you. i max call, our correspondent there at the hospital. joining me now is alastair sutcliffe, professor of general paediatrics at the university college london. professor, good evening. i desperately sad case, of course, and as we have been reflecting that, many legal challenges. how common is

that in your experience, for an issue regarding life support to have this many challenges, to have this level of disagreement between the two parties. level of disagreement between the two arties. . ., . , two parties. extraordinary, although. _ two parties. extraordinary, although, there _ two parties. extraordinary, although, there have - two parties. extraordinary, although, there have been| two parties. extraordinary, l although, there have been a two parties. extraordinary, - although, there have been a few in the public eye in the recent couple of years, but quite extraordinary, really, and unfortunate in the sense that this whole drama has been played out in the public eye. but those processes are available where people are not heavy with medical decision—making, no matter how informed that is. find decision-making, no matter how informed that is.— decision-making, no matter how informed that is. and any medics dissertation, _ informed that is. and any medics dissertation, i— informed that is. and any medics dissertation, i mean, _ informed that is. and any medics dissertation, i mean, perhaps, . informed that is. and any medics i dissertation, i mean, perhaps, are you able to explain to us how a decision medically, within a multidisciplinary team would be reached when someone of any age is on life support, and that difficult decision has to be made? what are the parameters, what are the factors that those medics are looking at?

0bviously, that those medics are looking at? obviously, a series of particle lysed predetermined tests which would have been done on this unfortunate little boy, to determine if they had any brain function. after a period of observation come after this tragedy that happened earlier in the year, those things are never done by one individual, as i said, they are determined by protocols which do change from time to time at the advances in knowledge about brain function, and they will have been completed. so this wasn't donein have been completed. so this wasn't done in any sort of superficial sense, obvious i don't know the details of the case per se, but these unfortunate situations arise from time to time, and that is part and parcel of our work as children's teams looking after acutely ill and seriously ill children, i'm afraid, that each case is nuanced and so forth. {iii that each case is nuanced and so forth. . ., , ., that each case is nuanced and so forth. , ., , , forth. of course, of course, but in reneral forth. of course, of course, but in general terms. — forth. of course, of course, but in general terms, it's _ forth. of course, of course, but in general terms, it's interesting - forth. of course, of course, but in general terms, it's interesting for| general terms, it's interesting for people following this to hear that

the broad parameters, and then when a team of medics makes the decision that they don't want to have to make, the reasoning for that is always communicated to the family, one assumes, and playing out what we have all witnessed in the recent months is presumably the two sides simply, for whatever reason, they just can't agree. simply, for whatever reason, they just can't agree-— just can't agree. yes, yes. and i think for whatever _ just can't agree. yes, yes. and i think for whatever reason - just can't agree. yes, yes. and i think for whatever reason is - just can't agree. yes, yes. and i think for whatever reason is the | think for whatever reason is the right way to put it. it has been difficult, am sure, for all concerned and stressful for all concerned, and obviously my thoughts are with the tragedy that has arisen, and ideally, the decision—making would have been done privately without this stressful situation being exposed, but as i said, occasionally, there are disagreements and, for whatever reason, denial, orwhatever, that

the situation has arisen, and here we are. yes, very, very difficult. thank you so much professor alastair sutcliffe. thank you for your context there. thank you. now, the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, advise —— the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has landed in taiwan, an island the chinese government claims as its own. her visit — which is not backed by the white house — marks the highest—ranking visit by an us official to the self—ruled island in twenty—five years. beijing has repeatedly warned against the visit , labelling it extremely dangerous. china has sent warplanes into the taiwan strait and warships right up to its dividing line with the island. taiwan's defence ministry says it is determined to defend itself. 0ur chinese editor howard zhang explained the significance of pelosi's visit. the biggest question

now in everybody�*s head is what is going to happen next? yes, the plane touched down, and china has said all the harsh words and loud warnings, and now we see the planes sent, circling. what next? from beijing's perspective, they claim this is a continued us salami slicing, "the one china policy", hallowing out the one china policy, but from washington's perspective, although there is no white house direct approval of this flight and no authorisation, but for most us politicians, especially since the ukraine war, they need to stand strong and support a democratic ally. and so we have two competing narratives and perspectives. what will happen next? if we look back at history, taiwan has always been the core issue between beijing and washington, especially since 1979 when the two had some type of normalised relations,

but they always held two different interpretations. during good times, when two sides were trading normally and taiwan issue put aside, now, especially when many on the beijing side, when you talk to the scholars, people start to see their perspective, that they see a potential conflict, a potential confrontation of some sort with the us may not be inevitable, that is why they, you know, are being seen as more and more aggressive and coming up with rhetoric, and whether this time, this is the time they will push through with some of the rhetoric, we don't know. we will wait and see. the editor of our chinese service. let's head to the states. i'm joined now by our us state department correspondent, barbara plett usher, in washington. i think may be for a british audience, barbara, can we try to get

to the bottom, first of all, of how it is that somebody who is perhaps senior, quite as well—known as nancy pelosi undertakes a visit like this without white house approval or authority, just explain what is going on here. authority, just explain what is going on here-— authority, just explain what is going on here. yes, it's a good question- _ going on here. yes, it's a good question. how _ going on here. yes, it's a good question. how can _ going on here. yes, it's a good question. how can somebody i going on here. yes, it's a good i question. how can somebody like nancy pelosi essentially make your own foreign policy move like this in such a tens area and consequential area. it's a good question. so congress is independent of the executive, and therefore, lawmakers can essentially do what they want. it's within her rights to be able to make trips to other countries, and she has done that quite a lot, and so have other members of congress, and the white house and the state department has stuck with that line, they said we don't have the authority to tell her not to go, we can advise her, and she has been advised that this is a risky time to 90, advised that this is a risky time to go, that the military does not think it is a good idea, the timing is bad, it is a particularly sensitive time for china and perhaps therefore

it will respond with a stronger measure than it might otherwise have done. but in the end, they left it up done. but in the end, they left it up to her. don't that is not what it looks like to china as we were hearing. absolutely, tell us more about what her team are saying about the purpose. particularly can as you say come timing of all of this, just looking at pictures of her getting off the plane in the last couple of hours can explain what the teams rationale for this is.— hours can explain what the teams rationale for this is. welcome i can tell ou rationale for this is. welcome i can tell you what _ rationale for this is. welcome i can tell you what she _ rationale for this is. welcome i can tell you what she says, _ rationale for this is. welcome i can tell you what she says, because i rationale for this is. welcome i can i tell you what she says, because she has published an article in the washington post and has also been tweeting. you need to know that nancy pelosi has a long history of standing up to china over human rights, starting from tiananmen square, and also that there is strong support in congress for a taiwan's democracy, and that is fuelling her trip, and so she has said in her article that her trip

does not violate or change us policy. the are other congressional visits before, but after that, she doesn't make any effort to soften her views in a way that would deal with chinese sensitivities. she says taiwan is under threat from an increasingly aggressive china, america must stand by our vow to defend or support the defence of taiwan, and this visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that america stands with taiwan, our demand to the next democratic partner, as a defence itself and its freedom. those are her views and many of those views from congress. she has stated them quite bluntly, and even though that sort of approach is likely to stir up more tension rather than the reverse. it is really interesting. we will see what emerges during that trip. thank you very much for now. it is barbara in washington. a couple of really quite interesting background articles on the website can actually come about that and nancy pelosi interviews

exactly as barbara was discussing there. so, that is really quite interesting on our website right now. just before we move to the weather, let'sjust bring now. just before we move to the weather, let's just bring you some domestic news, because it's kind of extraordinary. it has been confirmed that a woman snorkeling off the coast of cornwall was bitten on the leg by a shark. this all happened near penzance harbour last thursday, the woman was recovered by coast guard teams and given first aid, but the good news that she was able to walk off when they got to shore. a team that organised a snorkeling trip said it was extremely rare and what had happened in fact, they felt could be blown out of proportion. the woman herself has issued a statement saying "despite how the trip ended, it was amazing to see such majestic creatures in the wild, and i don't for a second wind this freak event to tarnish the reputation of an already persecuted species." we all take these risks

when we entered the habitat of a predator, and we can never completely predict the reactions of a wild animal. so, that is the thoughts of the individual concerned who clearly is ok, which is good news, confirmation that she was bitten by a shark while snorkeling off the coast of cornwall. now, as promised, the weather. matt taylor joins matt taylorjoins me. either, jane, matt taylor “oins me. either, jane, evenin: matt taylor “oins me. either, jane, evening to — matt taylorjoins me. either, jane, evening to you- — matt taylorjoins me. either, jane, evening to you. muggy _ matt taylorjoins me. either, jane, evening to you. muggy at - matt taylorjoins me. either, jane, evening to you. muggy at the i matt taylorjoins me. either, jane, i evening to you. muggy at the moment, very humid. even if you have had cloudy skies and light rain or drizzle. that humid air stays with us tonight. the fresh conditions are actually behind this area of rain. still plenty of cloud across many areas of the country about the bulk of the light rain or drizzle through wales and england. pushing through the midlands and southwest later on, and just take a look at the temperatures through tonight and tomorrow morning, mid or maybe high

teens for many spots. two areas of rain, one western scotland northern ireland will eventually bring something fresher. patchy light rain or drizzle will move its way south and east, could bring a few spots to the south but nothing majorly significant. it will break up into the afternoon. lot more sunshine into the afternoon. the odd shower across scotland and northern ireland, and again, pretty warm in that sunshine as well. bye for now. hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm jane hill. these are the latest headlines. bp reports its highest quarterly profits in 1a years, of 6.9 billion pounds — as household energy bills soar the white house accuses the taliban of sheltering the al-qaeda leader ayman al—zawahiri — who's been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. the parents of archie battersbee

lose their supreme court bid to delay the removal of his life support. us house speaker nancy pelosi arrives in taiwan, despite a chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. more to come on lots of those stories, but right now it is time to head through birmingham. the latest on the commonwealth games. 0ver head through birmingham. the latest on the commonwealth games. over to chetan. hi, chetan. hi,jane. hi, jane. good evening to you. good evening from birmingham, where it is day five of the commonwealth games. 37 gold medals up for grabs, and it's been another incredible day for england in the gymastics. jake jarman has won his fourth gold medal of the games. he completed a sensational pair of vaults — the 20—year—old making it look effortless.

and it was an english one—two as giarnni regini—morgan took silver. it's his birthday today, and the arena birmingham crowd sang happy birthday to him as he finished his vaults. i can't quite comprehend what's just happened. i have come out here today, just wanting to do my absolute best and enjoy every moment, and the result that i have come out with is just... moment, and the result that i have come out with isjust... i'm over the moon, i'm absolutely ecstatic, and i couldn't of asked for a better day. that is a moment of history forjake jarman, no one has ever won four gold medals. joe fraser won his third gold medal. fraser — whose home city is birmingham — delighted the crowd with an impressive routine on the parallel bars. that is not all. we have also seen

alice and stella —— kinsella winning gold. she fell in the event earlier in the games. team—mate 0ndine anchampong was in second, rounding off a brilliant day for england's gymnasts. we have got used to saying this, haven't we? what a commonwealth games it has been for them in gymnastics. in hockey, it's three wins out of three for england's women, as they beat india 3—1. this went a lot against the run of play at times. giselle ansley, tess howard and hannah martin put the hosts in the driving seat at the top of pool a. and they did it in front of a royal audience, as the duke and duchess of cambridge and princess charlotte cheered them on. 0ne one of the highlights of the day was

the lawn bowls. wales have won their second gold of the games. a very tight match against england. jarrad breen and daniel salmon beating jamie walker and sam tolchard19—18to win the men's pairs at victoria park. welsh cyclist geraint thomas was watching and tweeted his congratulations. look at that — overall joy. elsewhere, scotland beat northen ireland to win the bronze. amazing. i would amazing. iwould never even amazing. i would never even have dreamt of that, probably, happening. 0bviously dreamt of that, probably, happening. obviously i always wanted to get to one, but to win two golds now, it's just beyond my wildest dreams, to be honest. and england beat nigeria to take the bronze medal in the table tennis men's team event with a 3—0 clean sweep. tom jarvis and paul drinkhall got the ball rolling with victory in the doubles, drinkhall was instrumental, he returned to win in the singles too —

as did liam pitchford. defending champions india won gold again, beating singapore. and finally, away from the commonwealth games, in cricket, sussex pace bowler 0llie robinson has been named in england's squad for the first two tests against south africa. robinson has recovered from a back injury, which prevented him from playing any cricket since england's tour of the caribbean back in march. he made his return to championship cricket last week. the first of the three tests start at lord's on 17 august. that's all you're sport for now, so a big night ahead that's all you're sport for now, so a big nightahead in that's all you're sport for now, so a big night ahead in the pool. adam peaty will go for gold in the 50 metres breaststroke final and we have the first medals of for grabs in athletics. all of that on sportsday at 6:30pm, if you can, but for now, back to you. thank you, chetan. i think i will

give you a medal for getting through all of that! very, very noisy where you are. it is great to be at the commonwealth games, a fantastic event, but kind of loud! more sport coming up in the next hour. now we bring you politics. the conservative leadership candidate liz truss has dropped her plan to introduce regional pay for civil servants after criticism that it would mean lower pay for millions of workers outside london. last night, she told an audience of conservative members it could save nearly £9 billion a year, but the announcement led to fierce opposition from some members of her party. supporters of her rival, rishi sunak, said the u—turn revealed "a lack of seriousjudgment". we can cross live to westminster and our political correspondent david cornock. following all of this. it seems rather swift change of policy, really, david.— rather swift change of policy, really, david. rather swift change of policy, reall , david. , , . . . really, david. very swift, jane. we have time did _ really, david. very swift, jane. we have time did at _ really, david. very swift, jane. we have time did at about _ really, david. very swift, jane. we have time did at about 12 - really, david. very swift, jane. we have time did at about 12 hours. i really, david. very swift, jane. we l have time did at about 12 hours. liz truss's at he was to link civil service pay initially with the cost

of living in different parts of the uk. he would not affect new recruits but ultimately that could have meant that, say, a public sector worker in parts of the country where the cost of living is lower getting paid less then someone doing exactly the same job in another part of the country. now, that landed very badly, not just with unions and the labour party but also with supporters of rishi sunak, per rivalfor the conservative leadership, and just before lunchtime today, liz truss called time on the policy, dropped it and explained when we caught up with her in dorchester why she changed her mind. well, look, i'm afraid that my policy on this has been misrepresented. i never had any intention of changing the terms and conditions of teachers and nurses. but what i want to be clear about is i will not be going ahead with the regional pay boards. that is no longer my policy.

now, she says that she was misrepresented in the sense that it would not have applied to existing staff, but when you look at the small print of her announcements last night, to make her own songs at up, and she said it would save the taxpayer about £9 billion in the long—term, if the system were to be extended to all public sector workers, that's why it has landed so badly and that is why she has had a change of heart.— badly and that is why she has had a change of heart. david, interesting, thanks very — change of heart. david, interesting, thanks very much. _ change of heart. david, interesting, thanks very much. david _ change of heart. david, interesting, thanks very much. david com i change of heart. david, interesting, thanks very much. david corn knockj thanks very much. david corn knock —— david cornock at westminster. british airways has suspended sales of tickets for short—haul flights from heathrow until next week,

because of the cap on daily passenger numbers at the airport. the suspension affect ba's flights to domestic and european destinations. thousands of air travellers have been hit by disruption in recent weeks, including last—minute cancellations. lisa minot is the travel editor at the sun newspaper. she said that things don't look good for ba. we heard that, actually, this stop sale — the stopping of sale of all tickets out of heathrow from british airways — is going to continue until 15 august at the earliest, so that means that you will not be able to buy a ticket on a ba plane out of heathrow to any of the, basically, domestic and european destinations that it serves this summer. and this is because of the heathrow cap and the fact that both heathrow itself and british airways just don't have enough staff to run their full schedule. lisa minot, travel editor at the sun. a man has been charged with treason after an incident at windsor castle on christmas day. he's also been charged with threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford explained the charge of treason is extremely unusual. at the time, the police said the man had just got inside the grounds of windsor castle had not entered any

of the buildings, and we have not heard much about the case since then, but today both the metropolitan police and the crown prosecution confirmed the 20—year—old from southington has been charged with three offences and one of those is section two of the treason act, which is a section which has not been used since the 19805 which has not been used since the 1980s but refers to making a threat using a weapon against the queen. the allegation is that he had a crossbow with him when he entered the grounds of windsor castle and he will be appearing in court at westminster magistrate court on the 17th of august. 0ur our home affairs curves correspondent daniel sanford there. non—surgical cosmetic procedures, like botox and fillers, should be better regulated to prevent people who are struggling

with their appearance from being exploited. that's one of the recommendations from a health committee report into body image — which has looked into the link between how people feel about the way they look, and their mental health. as zoe conway reports, the mps say the impact of body image on mental and physical health needs to be taken more seriously. it doesn't get more body—conscious than love island. hi, guys, come on. millions might have tuned in to last night's final, but it's hardly the first reality tv show. the only way is essex first blinged its way onto our tvs 12 years ago. one of its earlier stars, charlie king. go on, charlie! he's grateful for the opportunities towie gave him, but he worries about the effect reality tv could have on young people. when you are being bombarded with it and you don't see diversity, or different sorts of bodies being represented if we are looking at certain reality tv shows, that's dangerous.

he struggles with how he looks. he has body dysmorphia, had cosmetic surgery on his nose. it went wrong. i've had to wait two years to have my nose fixed, and i've had to live with that and that choice, and that has been one of the hardest lessons that i've ever learned, all because i thought i needed to change. a new report by the health select committee is concerned about the impact body images are having on mental health. they want to see labelling of digitally altered commercial pictures and regulation for nonsurgical cosmetic procedures within a year. so, i've had filler in my lips, i've had filler in my nose. every time kim booker had filler put in her face, she felt euphoric, but the feeling never lasted. she once had so much filler in her nose, it came close to collapse. it'sjust really, really sad that i have, ijust disliked the way

i looked that much at those times. and, erm... it's just everywhere you look, and i still have those moments. it's still something that i... because everywhere you look, there's this image of perfection. in a statement, a government spokesperson said... naomi is a model with influence. she has worked with brands like dove, adidas and boots, but her success has not come easy. growing up, she struggled with how she looked and developed an eating disorder. i equated my tallness with being, like, my bigness, and i was like, maybe if i'm smaller, i could be like, i could appear shorter,

and it's all psychological. she despairs that so many people have a negative view of their body. after being so uncomfortable with myself for many years, just for me to be like present and ok with who i am, that's all i want. yeah, beautiful. and i can get all your new tattoos as well. zoe conway, bbc news. it isa it is a quarter to 6pm. the headlines on bbc news: as energy bills soar, bp reports 6.9 billion pounds in quarterly profits — its highest in 1a years the parents of archie battersbee lose their supreme court bid to delay the removal of his life support.

us house speaker nancy pelosi touches down in taiwan despite a chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. we arejust going we are just going to talk little bit more of the case of 12—year—old archie battersbee in the headline there, we are mighty there was that last—minute, another of many, legal challenges to that decision —— we reminded you that. he has been treated at the hospital. the supreme court rejecting that in the last little while, in the last couple of hours. just in the last few minutes, we have had comments from his mother, archie battersbee's mother. she has been talking outside the court after this supreme court rejection of the appeal. let us hear what she has been saying. appeal. let us hear what she has been saying-— appeal. let us hear what she has been saying. very disappointed in our system. _ been saying. very disappointed in our system. very _ been saying. very disappointed in our system, very let _ been saying. very disappointed in our system, very let down, i been saying. very disappointed in our system, very let down, very l our system, very let down, very disappointed, very disappointed on my son's behalf. i5 disappointed, very disappointed on my son's behalf. is it disappointed, very disappointed on my son's behalf.—

my son's behalf. is it what you exoeeted? _ my son's behalf. is it what you exoeeted? if — my son's behalf. is it what you expected? if i'm _ my son's behalf. is it what you expected? if i'm honest, i my son's behalf. is it what you | expected? if i'm honest, yeah. my son's behalf. is it what you i expected? if i'm honest, yeah. i can't say no. _ expected? if i'm honest, yeah. i can't say no, but _ expected? if i'm honest, yeah. i can't say no, but i _ expected? if i'm honest, yeah. i can't say no, but i did _ expected? if i'm honest, yeah. i can't say no, but i did say i i expected? if i'm honest, yeah. i | can't say no, but i did say i would fight to the bitter end for archie, and as his mum, that is exactly what i have done, and i've carved a pathway for any other parents that want to go up against a trust in this country and the justice system. it is reforming, dramatically needs reforming. it is not right. it is not fair, it is not right. how do you discriminate, really, against somebody who could potentially have disabilities? again, nobody knows what is grappling archie, nobody knows. there's so many other options in other countries. why is it this country is so black and white? you've got a brain injury, that is it, i am sorry, it is the end of line for you. other countries offer so much hope and so many different treatments. you so much hope and so many different treatments-— so much hope and so many different treatments. ., . , , . ,, ., treatments. you had speaking to the secretary of — state for health. it wasjust

state for health. it was just words. state for health. it was 'ust words. our mp, state for health. it was 'ust words. our mp, she * state for health. it was 'ust words. our mp, she has i state for health. it was 'ust words. our mp, she has had i state for health. it was just words. our mp, she has had quite - state for health. it was just words. our mp, she has had quite a i state for health. it was just words. our mp, she has had quite a lot i state for health. it was just words. our mp, she has had quite a lot of| 0ur mp, she has had quite a lot of input, i would love to thank her now, really. d0 input, i would love to thank her now. really-— now, really. do you feel this is the end of the — now, really. do you feel this is the end of the road? _ now, really. do you feel this is the end of the road? legally, - now, really. do you feel this is the end of the road? legally, i- now, really. do you feel this is the end of the road? legally, i think. now, really. do you feel this is the i end of the road? legally, i think we are exoloring _ end of the road? legally, i think we are exploring one _ end of the road? legally, i think we are exploring one more _ end of the road? legally, i think we are exploring one more option i end of the road? legally, i think we are exploring one more option this| are exploring one more option this evening, but that really is sort of the end. and, yeah, very disappointed, really, very disappointed.— disappointed, really, very disappointed. disappointed, really, very disauointed. �* ., . disappointed. and how are you coin: ? disappointed. and how are you coping? because _ disappointed. and how are you coping? because we _ disappointed. and how are you coping? because we know- disappointed. and how are you coping? because we know this| coping? because we know this morning, you've not been very well. yeah, just a bit disappointed. i just wanted to spend the day with arch today. that is hollie dance, who is holly battersbee's mother. she was speaking outside the hospital where her son is —— archie battersbee's mother. 0ur coupons make every

bodily function is maintained by artificial means, but you heard hollie dance they're saying there was perhaps just one hollie dance they're saying there was perhapsjust one more hollie dance they're saying there was perhaps just one more legal option that she could pursue, but that that would be the final one. there have been many, many legal challenges in this case over the last few months, as you may know. 12—year—old archie battersbee was found in his room at home, back in april, in essex, and has been there in hospital since. we will turn our attentions to a different story, with the time as you up to ten to 6pm —— the time edging up. one in five nightclubs in britain have shut since the first coronavirus lockdown began in march 2020. with no masks, restrictions or social distancing, it may feel like life has returned to normal for many — but businesses are still feeling the effects of the pandemic. new research from the night time industries association shows that's very much the case for the uk's nightclubs. it says that clubs have been on the decline

for more than a decade but have been closing faster since the pandemic. in december 2019, there were around 1,400 nightclubs open, but only 1,100 left byjune of this year. the survey says the hardest hit areas were the midlands and the north of england, where almost 30% of nightclub venues have closed since december 2019. the group says that nightclubs contribute £112 billion to the economy — about 6% overall. joining me now is the chief executive of the night time industries association, michael kill. hejoins me. good evening to you. i mean, it is stark, it is peoples jobs, of course, it's a source of fun and pleasure for an awful lot of people, but those findings, don't they, too the point that there was a

decline even before the pandemic, that this is not all as a result of covid and?— that this is not all as a result of covid and? ., . , . covid and? know, and i understand that. the difficulty _ covid and? know, and i understand that. the difficulty is, _ covid and? know, and i understand that. the difficulty is, as _ covid and? know, and i understand that. the difficulty is, as we i covid and? know, and i understand that. the difficulty is, as we see i that. the difficulty is, as we see nightclubs trade now, they are trading up, unusual, about 9%, so there is a desire for people to come out into these environments. nightclubs have been a mainstay of british culture for decades, they are hugely important, they have evolved, electronic music, different talent have generated themselves and put them selves into the public domain and become globally renowned, like fatboy slim and carl cox. started in nightclubs in the uk. but they are also huge for people to enjoy a night out, listening to music, dancing. independent nightclubs, in the suburbs, notjust in the cities. bud

nightclubs, in the suburbs, not 'ust in the cities.— nightclubs, in the suburbs, not 'ust h the cities.— in the cities. and are they struggling _ in the cities. and are they struggling more, - in the cities. and are they struggling more, simply. in the cities. and are they i struggling more, simply because in the cities. and are they - struggling more, simply because by definition, if you are independent, you don't have the umbrella financial backing that some of them bite? is that the point?— bite? is that the point? yeah, very much show- _ bite? is that the point? yeah, very much show. as _ bite? is that the point? yeah, very much show. as you _ bite? is that the point? yeah, very much show. as you can _ bite? is that the point? yeah, very. much show. as you can understand, there has been a lot of challenges out there. we were the first to close and delest to reopen. we are now dealing with cost inflation, there is legacy debt. we were just proportionately supported by the government in terms of the pandemic, now we are facing issues like noise and landlords trying to convert some of these spaces into residential, with the pressures financially for them, so there are huge array of issues out there that need to be resolved and what we are asking for is the government to start considering protecting some of these businesses, similar to the way that berlin does, in terms of heritage assets schemes. the berlin does, in terms of heritage assets schemes. ., ._ , assets schemes. the government says, mixed the point — assets schemes. the government says, mixed the point that _ assets schemes. the government says, mixed the point that it _ assets schemes. the government says, mixed the point that it stood _ assets schemes. the government says, mixed the point that it stood behind i mixed the point that it stood behind the sector during the pandemic, and

it is interesting you mention berlin, because it says no national government can control the actors pushing up global energy pressures and other costs. are you saying that what the government is dipping simply is not enough?— what the government is dipping simply is not enough? without a doubt. simply is not enough? without a doubt- we _ simply is not enough? without a doubt. we are _ simply is not enough? without a doubt. we are losing _ simply is not enough? without a doubt. we are losing an - simply is not enough? without a i doubt. we are losing an inordinate amount of these businesses, and the concern that we have is, throughout the pandemic, everything was scalable, and you can appreciate what a pub or a bar would need. it is very different to what a night club would need, so that we are suggesting is that there's a disproportionate financial mechanism to support these businesses, which saw many go out of business very quickly. £6,000 was something that was given to businesses within hospitality, bearing in mind that the fact that that does not even cover the wages for a week, let alone a month, so for these

businesses, it has been very difficult. they have taken on an inordinate amount of debt and then have taken on headroom to survive. and we need to look at protections, which are going to be key for the long—term future. which are going to be key for the long-term future.— which are going to be key for the lonu-term future. . ,, i. . long-term future. thank you so much. thanks for your _ long-term future. thank you so much. thanks for your time, _ long-term future. thank you so much. thanks for your time, michael. - long-term future. thank you so much. thanks for your time, michael. that i thanks for your time, michael. that is michael kill, following on from that research about the dwindling number of nightclubs in the country. cocaine sparked the death of entrepreneur and youtube starjamal edwards, a coroner has concluded. the music entrepreneur died in february this year, at the age of 31. the coroner has concluded the cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia which was sparked by cocaine use. jamaal edwards was described as an entrepreneur today at the inquest into his death. the assistant

coroner concluded that jamal had taken cocaine and that, combined with alcohol, had caused a cardiac arrhythmia leading to his death. this inquest heard that jamal had been out djing in islington before returning to his mother's home, and it was there where he became increasingly erratic and paranoid before collapsing. attempt were made by his friend, uncle andy london evelyn service to resuscitate him but all of those attempts were unsuccessful —— and the london ambulance service. today, there was a statement read out by her mother, and tv presenter, brenda edwards. she went on to state in a statement that his legacy will be a trust set up since his death.

we are going to bring you the weather prospects in just a we are going to bring you the weather prospects injust a moment or two, weather prospects injust a moment ortwo, but weather prospects injust a moment or two, but before we do that, we are just or two, but before we do that, we arejust going to or two, but before we do that, we are just going to give you a quick look if you want them at some new pictures which i am definitely not going to look at, because i really hate stories like this! they are just too scary. but this is a massive sinkhole that appeared over the weekend in chile. they have sent specialist people to the area. have the pictures gone? because i am not looking up until they have! i am told they have. let's take a look, as promised, at the weather prospects. matt taylor has that for you tonight. prospects. matt taylor has that for you tonight-— certainly the way the prospects are scary —— less scary than that sinkhole.

human error is with us, something fresher trying to push its way in. that is to the northwest of us. this weather front will later bring range of the western aisles. we also have a weather front stretching through wales and the east of england. —— rained to the western isles. you can see some showers break out ahead of that changed to cooler conditions. look at these temperatures through tonight. temperatures in mid if not high teens for the vast majority to start tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning, rain or drizzle, not a huge amount, it will push its way southwards any sort and fizzle, it's not a huge amount of rain in gardens in the south. the rain across the northwest of skeletal turn more showery. starting to feel a little bit fresher here but still quite humid across england, wales and parts of eastern scotland. a lot more centring around them we saw this afternoon, and certainly more

sunshine to come in birmingham through tomorrow for the commonwealth games. the breeze slowly easing down after a fairly blustery start. a fine and to the day for much of the country. still showers around. clear skies and fresher air starting to push a little further south. still got temperatures in double figures for both and still fairly humid in that southeast corner, where it will be a sunny and warm day on thursday. quite a lot of some china and on thursday. —— sunshine around. good showers through scotland and northern ireland, but a big change to the way things feel. it is still one if you warm in the sunshine, but temperatures down on the stage in august. never mind parts of the southeast corner. after a much more comfortable night for sleeping, friday, more comfortable start. most will be dry. temperatures, still holding onto a bit of warmth in that southeast corner, and as high

pressure builds its way in for the weekend, more cloud and outbreaks of rain at times, especially on saturday, first parts of scotland. going to feel a bit more comfortable but temperatures still into the mid—teens. we will keep you updated here on bbc news. coming up next is the bbc news at six.

today at six, bumper profits for energy firm bp — nearly £7 billion, as fuel prices soar. it's the second highest quarterly profit in the firm's history, coming as millions struggle with the rising cost of living. i can't afford the energy now, so i won't be able to afford it when it goes up in october and january. i don't know what i am going to do. there's a warning energy bills could hit more than £3,500 a year this winter. also on the programme... a man's charged under the treason act after an incident involving an offensive weapon at windsor castle, on christmas day. a u—turn for tory leadership

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